Hose-supporter.



A..P. s. DEEM. HOSE SUPPORTER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 21 1911'.

1 50,818. Patented ana-21, 191s.

Gummy l form of attaching member.

r Jrun'r onnion ADDI$ON P. 3. DEEP/1, OF-BELPRE, (ll-ITO.

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pecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan, 21, 191 3,

Application filed. September 21, 1911. Serial No. 650,500.

v a citizen of the United. States, residing at Belprc, in the county of 1V ashingtmi and State of @1110, have invented a new and use is a specification.

The ob ects or the present invention are to provide a garter having spaced inwardlyprojecting pads, whereby the body portion of the gartermay be spaced apart from the limb, thereby circulation. .4

A further object Oftllfi invention is to provide a novel form of pad and a novel lVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in. the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention,

In the drawings,-Figure 1 shows in perspective, a garter constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of one of the pads and its carrying member; Fig. 3 is a plan of the blank from which the carrying member is formed; Fig. 4.- is an end elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a plan of the blank 1- om which the clasp which enthe securing lacing, is formed; Fig. 6

is a perspective of the pad.

In the accompanying drawings, the nu moral 1 denotes the garter, which may be made of any material, the garter being preferably, although not necessarily resilient. Adjacent its ends, the garter 1 is equipped with buckles 2 and 3, the buckle 2 having a hook 4t, and the constituent material of the garter 1 passingthrough the buckle 3, to

form a loop 5. Through the hook 4: and.

"is loop is passed a cord 23, or

like hie element, the free ends of the cord :23 being ch nged by a clasp 7. The cl sp 7 is preferably fashioned from a blank 8, shown in l ig. 5, and of rectangular c0ntour, the blank 8 having along its longer edges, and adjacent its ends, outstanding prongs 9. When the blank 8 is wrapped ahout the free ends of the cord 23, the

prongs 9 will bite into the ends of the cord.

ful Hose-Supporter, of which the following it will extend around the leg thereby preventing any drawing to avoid a cutting off of the looped portion of the member 23, the ends, I of the garter 1 will have free movement 0 with respect to each other. When the garter 6 takes the form of a leg-encircling band,

the same may be placed below the. knee, and

in acommon plane, upon the leg, with a consequent cutting off of the circulation.

The invention further includes a series of resilient pads, located at spaced points along the garter 1, and extended inwardly, as shown in Fig. 1. Thefunction of these pads is to space the parts of the garter 1 apart from the leg, thereby preventing the cut' tiog oil of the circulation. The pads are ren'iovably and slidably held upon the garter 1, and they may be moved along upon the garter, in order to escape the arteries and veins.

In assembling the pads with the garter 1,

the carrying member comprising a body 10 is provided, the body 10 being curved at its upper end, as shown at ll'to define a hook 21. Fromthe hook 21, tongues-12 project- .inwardly, toward the body 1t), the tongues 12 being preferably struck from the hook 21. At its lower edge, the body 10 is equipped witha prong 15, and at the sides prongs 14, the prongs 1st and 15 being formed integrally with the body. Atits pointof bending 11, the body 10 is provided with an-opening 16, preferably of circular contour. This openof the body 10 there are other ing 16 weakens the body 1, so that it may be bent readily, to form a hook 21, this bond ing of the body being further facilitated by reason of the fact that the hooked portion 21 of the body is narrower than the body proper. The opening 16 is alined with the upper edges of the body proper 10. The prongs 14 are adapted to engage with a resilient pad 17. This pad 17 may he fash ioned from any desired material. It may consistof a plurality of layers 18 of felt or the like, the same being stitched together peripherally, as shown. at 19, -and 'diag0- nally, as showh at 20'. The prongs 14 and 15 engage with, oneor more of the lower layers of the pad 16, only, whereby the other layers of the pad serve to cover the prongs.

The carrying member hereinbefore de-' scribed, is preferably formed from a blank,

carrying member.

Having thus described the lnvention, whetis claimed is A device of the class described comprising a carrying member including a body provided at its upper end with a reduced tongue, beck-bent to fashion the/bill of the carrying member, there being a prong projecting inwardly from the tongue, toward the body of the carrying mei'nber, the carrying member having prongs upon its edges, overhanging the body of the carrying member; 21 flexible pad comprising a 'flurnlity of layers, secured together, certain of which layers are engaged by the lastninned prongs, the other layers covering the prongs the said prongs having inwardly projecting, barbs at their extremities.

In testimony'thaii' I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto n'liixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ADDISUN P. S. DEEh'L \Vitnesses Donne M. ALDERMAN Emmi: L. Brown. 

